IBM B2B Cloud Services vs. SAP Ruum

Improve responsiveness by supporting any data type or format with over 300,000 pre-connected trading entities. Fast implementations and lower start up costs provided by IBM B2B Cloud Services solutions. One solution to help you consolidate disparate file transfer activity
and facilities, making them easier to integrate with your internal
systems

Incentivized

For all activities that concentrate on collaboration, from sharing of content, management of tasks, feedback tracking, and others, Ruum by SAP will do perfectly and utilize finances. More so, the application helps in milestone tracking, where we know the progress, and understand what ought to be done. There is Gantt chart and flow chart from Ruum by SAP, all outlining what should follow when the process starts.

Incentivized

• The product works well with CRM packages like Microsoft CRM.
• It provides a well designed, automated system of marketing communications with limited interactions from staff.
• The system works very well with different types of platforms including mobile web services.

Incentivized

• Ruum by SAP supports brainstorming, and in the end, there is content management.
• Further, Ruum by SAP helps in task and backlog management.
• The processes are also well mapped.
• Goal setting and feedback tracking are also included in the feature.

Incentivized

• The learning curve is steep on this product. My group had to do a lot of training to feel like we were up to speed on the product.
• I would definitely recommend some in-house training for employees about to use this product. This will help employees get the most out of the product for a better ROI.
• The user interface could use a refresh. Seems to be a bit stale compared to a few other products we looked at.

Incentivized

• Mobile device enhancement functionalities
• Broader integration support with other systems

Incentivized

We went with IBM B2B Cloud Services because we felt that IBM has a very long track record of delivering enterprise-ready solutions to their customers. IBM professional services came in and clearly explained how they would help us integrate our current business process into the IBM B2B Cloud Services product. This gave us the confidence and trust to go with IBM over a lesser-known competitor.

Incentivized

Ruum [by SAP] is an easy-to-use project and workflow management tool for the organization's internal use on the project tracking and managing [of] client-related projects, which also benefits team assignment and collaboration. [It also] shares the project milestones with the external clients for the particular project status records, [as such], I would like to [recommend] Ruum by SAP as an internal workflow management solution for better productivity and work efficiency.

Incentivized

• Positive - Good transparency
• Positive - Good sharing capabilities
• Negative - Not able to support large datasets

Incentivized

• No code knowledge required for Ruum application
• Effective collaboration with external parties
• Better project planning and milestones management

Incentivized